Mower attachment.



L. FRANZMEIER. MOWER ATTACHMENT. APPLIOATION FILED NOV. '1, 1909.

Patented Oct. 18, 1910.

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LOUIS FBANZMEIER, OF NEWTON, WISCONSIN.

MOWER ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 18, 1910.

Application filed November 1, 1909. Serial No. 525,603.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Lotus FRANZMEIER, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Newton, in the county of Manitowoc and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MowerAttachments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in what is herein particularly set forth withreference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in claims, itsobject being to provide simple, economical and e'liicient side-deliverymower attachments by which to facilitate harvesting of pea-vines, cloverand other vegetation of various kinds.

Figure l of the drawings represents a vertical longitudinal sectionalview of an attachment in accordance with my invention applied to thefinger-bar of an ordinary mower, the view being indicated by line 11 inFigs. 2 and 3; Fig. 2, a plan view of the attachment as aforesaid partlybroken away and in horizontal section on planes of difierent elevation,as indicated by lines 2-2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a transverse sectional viewon different planes as indicated by lines 33 in Fig. 1; Fig. 41, a sideelevation of a fragment of said attachment; Fig. 5, a sectional view onthe plane indicated by line 55 in Fig. 4, and Fig. 6, a side elevationof another fragment of the attachment partly in section on the planeindicated by line 66 in Fig. 2.

Referring by numerals to the drawings, 7 indicates the finger-bar of anordinary mower, and bolted thereto, through eyes of the same, areclevis-clips 8 engaging the lower end of a preferably sheet-metalinclined angular trough 9 having a depending rear upper flange to whicha slide 10 is riveted or otherwise suitably secured. The trough isfastened upon the lower portions of suitably bent rearwardlyextendingbars 12, that are preferably of light angle steel, and beams 13 aremounted on the horizontal rear port1ons-of said bars. Rigidly secured tothe bars 12, adjacent to the foremost beam 13, are vertical portions ofpartly inclined upper bars 14, that are similar in material andcross-section to those aforesaid. Tie-bars 15 are connected at theirends to the bars 12 and 14, all of these bars and the beams 13 beingarranged and connected to constitute the frame of the mowerattachmentherein specified.

Secured to a pair of the bars 12 are depending bearings for a shaft 16that serves as the axle of a bull-wheel 17, that is independent of thebull-wheel of the mower. Carried on the shaft is a sprocket-wheel 18,the hub of which is made to constitute the fixed member of a clutch thathas its adj ustable member 19 splined on said shaft. A link-belt 20connects the sprocket-wheel 18 with a similar wheel 21 that is carriedon a. spindle 22 for which the frame above speci fied is provided withbearings, the hub of the wheel 21 being also made to constitute thefixed member of a clutch having its adjustable member 23 splined on thespindle. Spanner-ends of a yoke 24 engage annular grooves in theadjustable members 19 and 23 of the clutches. A spring 25 is shownconnecting the yoke with an adjacent frame-bar 12, and a lever 26, inconnection with said yoke, is fulcrumed on a stud of a bracket 27attached to said frame. The lever is shown provided with a pivotallatchdog 28 engageable with any one of a series of three notches in aquadrant arm 29 of said bracket. In miter-gear connection with thespindle 22 is an arbor 30 for which the frame aforesaid is provided withbearings, and sprocket-wheels 31 are fast on the arbor. The link-belt 20is also trained on a sprocketwheel 32 fast on an arbor 33 in bearingsattached to the frame-bars l t, and other sprocket-wheels 34 are rigidlyconnected to said arbor. Link-belts 35 of an endless elevator aretrained on the sprocketwheels 34. and similar wheels 36 on bearing studs37 of spring-controlled slide-blocks 38 that are guided in longitudinalslots of spring-controlled pivotal extensions 39 of the frame-bars let.The springs 40, one of which is shown in Fig. t, are arranged undertension against the blocks 38 and serve to antomatically tighten theelevator by which the material cut by the mower is carried up in thetrough 9, there being automatic yield of the lower portion of saidelevator against resistance of the springs 11 opposing the frame-bars141. under heads of pins 12 that extend from the pivotal extensions 39through apertures in said bars. The aforesaid elevator embodies lags 43,arranged at suitable intervals in connection with the link-belts 85, andteeth 44; extending in se ries from the lags, the sweep of these teethat the lower end of the trough 9 being such that the cut materialreadily caught and forced upward in said trough. To strip the cutmaterial from the teeth of the elevator, spring-wire rods to areemployed in connection with supports ill), d7, attached to theframe-bars let, the rods being arranged longitudinally of the trough 9on a plane at an acute angle to the bottom of the same, the greatestdivergence of the rods being at the lower end of said trough. Theelevated material finds its way down the slide 10 onto a horizontal sidedelivery endless conveyer comprising lags 4-8 and link-belts 19 to whichthe lags are connected at suitable intervals. These link -belts engagethe sprocket-wheels Bl and similar wheels 50 for which bearingstudsextend from spring-controlled slide-blocks 51 guided in slots ofbrackets 59 attached to the framebeams ,13. A rear upwardly extendingshield is provided in connection with a frame-beam 13 to hold materialon the conveyer from which it has side-delivery.

When the lever 26 is in the position shown in Fig. 3, the adjustableclutch-members 19 and 23 are in engagement with the clutchends of thehubs of the sprocket-wheels 1S and 91 respectively to eifect acontinuous drive of the elevator and-conveyer above specified, theresult being a side-delivery of the cut material in a windrow, but bymoving said lever far enough to have its latchdog 28 catch in the middlenotch of the quadrant 29, the clutchanember 23 will be disengaged fromthe hub of the sprocketwheel 21 to stop the conveyer without disturbingthe operation of the elevator so that the cut material may accumulate ina bunch on said conveyer and be discharged therefrom when said lever isreturned to the for mer position. The stopping and starting of theconveyer independent of the elevator is performed intermittently toprovide for side delivery of the cut material in bunches at varyingdistances apart. ll henever it is necessary or desirable to stop theelevator, as well as the conveyer, the lever 26 is adjusted until itslatch-dog comes into engagement with the outermost notch of the quadrant29, the adjustment of the clutch-members 23, 19, out of engagement withthe hubs of the sprocket-wheels 21, 18, being one after the other as aresult of change of fulcrum on the part of the lever-and-springcontrolled yoke 24 aforesaid.

To prevent material falling through the conveyer, a shield 54 isprovided in connection with the frame-beams 13.

I claim:

1. The combination of a frame, an inclined trough supported on the same,means for detachably connecting the assemblage aforesaid with thefinger-bar of a mower,

a bull-wheel having an axle for which the frame is provided withbearings, this bullwheel being independent of the bull-wheel of themower; an endless elevator operative in the trough, an endlesshorizontal sidedelivery conveyer arranged to receive material dischargedfrom the elevator, and clutchcontrolled elevator and conveyer drive-gearin train with the bull-wheel axle.

2. The combination of a frame, an in clined trough supported on thesame, clevisclips and bolts for detachably connecting the trough withthe finger-bar of a mower, a bull-wheel having an axle for which theframe is provided with bearings, this bullwheel being independent of thebull-wheel of the mower; an endless elevator operative in the trough, anendless horizontal sidedelivery conveyer arranged to receive materialdischarged from the elevator, and clutchcontrolled elevator and conveyerdrive-gear in train with the bull-wheel axle.

3. The combination of a frame having spring-controlled pivotal side-barextensions, an inclined trough supported on the frame, means fordetachably connecting the assemblage aforesaid with the finger-bar of amower, a bull-wheel having an axle for which the frame is provided withbearings, this bull-wheel being independent of the bull-wheel of themower; an endless elevator arranged to operate in the trough and whichis connected at its lower end to said side bar extensions of said frame,an endless horizontal side-delivery conveyer arranged to receivematerial discharged from the elevator, and clutch-controlled elevatorand conveyer drive-gear in train with the bullwheel axle.

l. The combination of a frame, an inclined trough supported on the same,means for detachably connecting the assemblage aforesaid with thefinger-bar of a mower, a bull-wheel having an axle for which the frameis provided with bearings, an endless toothed elevator operative in thetrough, stripper-rods arranged longitudinally of said trough on a planeat an acute angle to the bottom of the same, their greatest divergencebeing at the lower end; an endless horizontal side-delivery conveyerarranged to receive material discharged from the elevator, andclutch-controlled elevator and conveyer drive-gear in train with thebullwheel axle.

5. The combination of a frame, an inclined trough supported on the same,means for detachably connecting the assemblage aforesaid with thefinger-bar of a mower, a bullwheel having an axle for which the frame isprovided with bearings, this bullwheel being independent of thebull-wheel of the mower; an endless elevator operative in the trough, anendless horizontal sidedelivery conveyer arranged to receive materialdischarged from the elevator, clutchcontrolled elevator and conveyerdrive-gear in train with the bull-wheel axle, and means by which tostart and stop the conveyer without interference with the running of theelevator and to stop both at will.

6. The combination of a frame, an inclined trough supported on the same,means for detachably connecting the assemblage aforesaid with thefinger-bar of a mower, a bull-wheel having an axle for which the frameis provided with bearings, an endless elevator operative in the trough,an endless horizontal side-delivery conveyer arranged to receivematerial discharged from the elevator, clutch-controlled elevator andconveyer drive-gear in train with the bullwheel axle, aspring-controlled yoke connecting the adjustable members of the elevatorand conveyer clutches, a yoke-controlling lever, and means for latchingthe lever in adjusted position to cause simultaneous operation of saidelevator and conveyor, a stop of the conveyer without interference withthe running of the elevator and to stop both at will.

7. The combination of a frame having. spring-controlled pivotal side-barextensions, an inclined trough supported on the frame, means fordetachably connecting the assemblage aforesaid with the finger-bar of amower, a bull-wheel having an axle for which the frame is provided withbearings, an endless toothed elevator arranged to opcrate in the troughand which is connected at its lower end to said side bar extensions ofthe frame, stripper-rods arranged longitudinally of said trough on aplane at an acute angle to the bottom of the same, their greatestdivergence being at the lower end; an endless horizontal side-deliveryconveyer arranged to receive material from the elevator,clutch-controlled elevator and conveyer drivegear in train with thebullwheel axle, and means by which to start and stop the conveyerwithout interference with the running of the elevator and to stop bothat will.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atManitowoc in the county of Manitowoc and State of Visconsin in thepresence of two witnesses.

LOUIS FRANZMEIER. l/Vitnesses:

FRANK VRANEY,

E. S. Crown.

